Medical Transcription Schools: Career Step, Part Six

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06 May 2007 03:00 PM

This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven't read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. For part five of this interview, please click here.

Here is last of the interview with Amanda, the Administrative Assistant at Career Step:

What MT companies have hired Career Step grads, and have said that they are interested in hiring more? Those who hire Career Step's graduates regularly are Spheris, Focus Infomatics, MedQuist, Sten-tel, Amphion, Encompass, CMT Corporation, MxSecure, All Type, Princeton, Assistmed, OSI, OzeScribe, and SoftScript among others.

Companies who hire Career Step graduates are satisfied with the quality of work they provide. These companies continuously come back to Career Step for additional qualified medical transcriptionists. Here is what MTSO had to say about our students:

"I contacted you about a year ago looking for a transcriptionist and ended up hiring two. I am extremely pleased with both of them, so I thought that since I am in need again, I would go through you. Thanks so much!"

- Nina Heft, MINDKO Medical Transcription

What are the biggest strengths Career Step grads bring to their new jobs? Career Step graduates benefit from a well-rounded training program. When their training is complete, they already possess the skills necessary to become a medical transcriptionist. They have English language skills and experience in editing and proofreading. Career Step graduates are well versed in medical language skills and they are competent with technical and computer skills. They are trained in one of the most widely used methods of downloading and returning reports. They are exposed to a variety of productivity tools, resources, researching methods and have an understanding of the industry and what will be required of them.

All right, that's the end of the Career Step interviews, and the end of the medical transcription school blogs. I will be finishing up the medical transcription focus this week and moving on to legal transcription, so stay tuned for that! Many thanks to Amanda for spending the time to write up such thorough answers about Career Step--I know she's a busy lady, and I appreciate her willingness to be interviewed by little ol' me. ;)

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Hello, my name is Hava or Havs (depending on my mood and yours!) I am a freelance writer who writes for several blogs, both paid ones such as this one, and personal blogs.

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bac2bec (5) 21 Jul 2007 08:58 AM

As I am always a skeptic, do you know what percentage of students get jobs directly after completing the CS program? Also, is there any particular reason why CS is excitingly cheaper than the other two? Another question, (haha sorry for the demanding attitude) do you personally think that it is realistic to have an MT job from home with a one year old running around? Something in the back of my mind says that I don't know if I could do over 4 hours a day, with Mr. Moo running around. I love your blogs, I feel very blessed to have encountered them before choosing schools. Thank you again!! Rebecca

Hava Lyon (1545) 23 Jul 2007 04:08 PM

I just wrote out a super long response to your question about the differences between M-TEC, Andrews, and CS, but then I thought about it and realized that I have gotten several e-mails from other readers on this same subject, so apparently this is something that I really need to address. So I am going to post a blog in the next hour or so covering this question. Make sure to check back for that!!!!

About working from home with a child, did you read my blogs on that subject? That is a four-part mini series, and the link above is to the first part. I would read through all of that, and then if you still have questions, ask away. I *think* I covered the subject fairly well though. ;-) And don't worry about being demanding - I think that's a great question (obviously, or I wouldn't have spent four blogs trying to cover it!! LOL!) I think a lot of people go into the field thinking that it is going to be a walk in the park with young kids, and it really isn't. Sadly enough.

I am so happy that this series has been helpful for you. That really does my heart good to hear that. :-) I tried to cover everything that I wished that I knew before I started into the MT world, and although I obviously haven't covered everything (oops!) I have tried hard to cover a lot of it, and it's great to hear that it's been helpful to others. If you have any other questions or if you think I missed another topic, please either put it in the comment section or e-mail me at Hava L {at} Families dot com - I love to help out wherever I can!

Havs